wheeling
n.— «Freeholder Amy H. Handlin, who in recent months has emerged as an advocate for government reform, and Monmouth County Republican Party Chairman William Dowd both said yesterday that the practice of “wheeling”—in which money collected elsewhere in the state is used in Monmouth County campaigns—must be addressed first by the Legislature.» —“County: Pay-to-play needs state ban first” by Bob Jordan Asbury Park Press Feb. 13, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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